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Locality Name:
Los Burros District, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), Monterey Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 167
Youngest recorded age at locality: 167

mindat Locality ID: 208989
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208989.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Los Burros District, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), Monterey Co., California, USA": 91
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 75

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Burro Mountain
Devils Canyon
Fort Hunter-Liggett Military Reservation
Los Burros
Plaskett
Salmon Creek
Unspecified Cu-Au-As-Fe Occurrences
Unspecified Sb Occurrences

Latitude: 35°54'56"N
Longitude: 121°22'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.915555555556,-121.37805555556

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mn Ni O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteArsenopyriteAuricuprideBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CopperEpidoteGarnetNoneOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RhodoniteSerpentineSpinelStibnite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Awaruite  (*)Brucite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Gold  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)
Nesquehonite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Uvarovite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211648273419
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11648323250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11648799052
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe1164791166
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)21164791462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2164799,16480327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2116487927198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411647953902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)43164791,164807,164834951
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS2164799,1648032600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)816716711648531756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11648291025
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61164791944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2164831,1648488173
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11647911188
Gold  (*)CopperAu9164810,164812,164814,164820,164865,164866,164871,164878,16487930554
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S21164791205
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O41164791407
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41164791359
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O41671672164797,164853311
Nesquehonite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·3H2O116479880
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S811647911512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23164799,164803,16487939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2116484861156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11647941711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)2164828,164848969
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O42164791,1648101934
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311648803418
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211647972562
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)31671671164853212



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
podchrome-00002167167Middle Jurassic (170-164)       Cr83485Daisy Mine (South Slope Mine; Little Daisy Mine; Eldebren Chrome Mine), Los Burros Creek Tributary, Plaskett, Los Burros District, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), Monterey Co., California, USADaisyMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 


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